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Because we all like pretty picturesTue, 03 Mar 2015 07:50:02 +0000hourly1http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1By: petronushttp://www.movieposteraddict.com/2008/07/01/first-saw-v-poster/#comment-8873
petronusTue, 20 Jan 2009 06:08:24 +0000http://www.movieposteraddict.com/?p=2374#comment-8873hhmmmmmmmmm.......hhmmmmmmmmm…….
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More Than a Passing Resemblance » Movie Poster AddictThu, 03 Jul 2008 17:46:23 +0000http://www.movieposteraddict.com/?p=2374#comment-7951[...] to Philip for pointing this [...][...] to Philip for pointing this [...]
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Halloween V | roc21Wed, 02 Jul 2008 16:53:32 +0000http://www.movieposteraddict.com/?p=2374#comment-7942[...] | [Halloween V] [...][...] | [Halloween V] [...]
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LarkingWed, 02 Jul 2008 04:16:56 +0000http://www.movieposteraddict.com/?p=2374#comment-7937Thanks for the pointers Philip.Thanks for the pointers Philip.
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Philip JTue, 01 Jul 2008 18:20:00 +0000http://www.movieposteraddict.com/?p=2374#comment-7933If you like this, you should definitely check out Wieslaw Walkuski's work:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v180/vivnsect/Walkuski/walkuski06.jpg
http://www.polishposter.com/html/walkuski.html
I'm not opposed to "inspired by" posters if they're appropriate and done well, which this one is for the most part. This one is way better than The Descent, which was poorly executed and not really appropriate for the movie. Still, I wish they moved this poster a little further away from the posters that inspired it. The photographic representation is a start, but I wish they added something more, something to make the concept their own.
The In My Sleep poster for example, was inspired by Vertigo. But nobody who saw it was thinking, "There's a Saul Bass rip-off" because they took the image of a man trapped in a spiral and made it appropriate for their movie. It went beyond the poster that inspired it and became its own thing.
Ultimately I do like the Saw V poster, but as well as walking the line between bloody and over the top (as you said), it walks also the line between reinventing its inspiration and just reusing it.If you like this, you should definitely check out Wieslaw Walkuski’s work:http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v180/vivnsect/Walkuski/walkuski06.jpghttp://www.polishposter.com/html/walkuski.html

I’m not opposed to “inspired by” posters if they’re appropriate and done well, which this one is for the most part. This one is way better than The Descent, which was poorly executed and not really appropriate for the movie. Still, I wish they moved this poster a little further away from the posters that inspired it. The photographic representation is a start, but I wish they added something more, something to make the concept their own.

The In My Sleep poster for example, was inspired by Vertigo. But nobody who saw it was thinking, “There’s a Saul Bass rip-off” because they took the image of a man trapped in a spiral and made it appropriate for their movie. It went beyond the poster that inspired it and became its own thing.

Ultimately I do like the Saw V poster, but as well as walking the line between bloody and over the top (as you said), it walks also the line between reinventing its inspiration and just reusing it.